sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsi-kə-niŋ 
ˈsik-niŋ
: causing sickness or disgust
a sickening odor
a sickening display
Examples of sickening in a Sentence
a sickening display of selfishness
We heard the squeal of brakes and a sickening thud.
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And once the sickening jolts of the combat takeoff had ended and Bui slowly grew accustomed to the noise and the pressure of the C-130, the taste of KFC stopped his crying.
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Jennifer Brookland, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
To take but one example, the riots that convulsed swatches of England and Northern Ireland last year were fueled by social media accounts claiming sickening crimes by immigrants, amplified by right-wing accounts.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
Drinking the Kool-Aid For a closer look at the brain mechanisms behind avoiding certain sickening foods, Zimmerman turned to an item that might be sitting in your kitchen pantry–grape Kool-Aid.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
This includes limiting ongoing bird flu outbreaks by preventing contaminated food from sickening household cats that could then expose people in their own homes, the veterinarian said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Brookland, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
To take but one example, the riots that convulsed swatches of England and Northern Ireland last year were fueled by social media accounts claiming sickening crimes by immigrants, amplified by right-wing accounts.
—David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2025
Drinking the Kool-Aid For a closer look at the brain mechanisms behind avoiding certain sickening foods, Zimmerman turned to an item that might be sitting in your kitchen pantry–grape Kool-Aid.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
This includes limiting ongoing bird flu outbreaks by preventing contaminated food from sickening household cats that could then expose people in their own homes, the veterinarian said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sickening
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“Sickening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickening. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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sickening
adjective
sick·en·ing
ˈsik-(ə-)niŋ
: causing sickness or nausea
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